Pricing to chamber barrel and install

[rjtfroggy]

It doesn't matter, just like fuel for your car or to heat your home you have to pay the piper.
After all a barrel that is unthreaded or not chambered does you no good, it is just a pipe with out it.

 

[Jonnyofalltrades]

Maybe a silly question but what's an ATR barrel?

Adaptive Target Rifle.
It's not cool unless you give it an acronym.

 

[Edd]

Maybe a silly question but what's an ATR barrel?

Tubb® Adaptive Target Rifle

davidtubb.com

 

[JB10]

The labor rate at my local Firestone service center is $150 an hour.

Not really a fair comparison due to that business had overhead. If the smith does too thats a little different depending if he is at his house or renting a place and thats his main income. I work for a dealership, our door rate is $175 an hour and we are low for the area. Highest paid guy here is $40 an hour. There is a Ford dealer next to us and there highest paid is almost $60 an hour. The firestone i bet only pays that kid $20-25 an hour. Last rifle i built was $500 to chamber and fit the barrel and bed the action. I was fine with that. Just dropped off stuff last night for another build, never asked the price, ill pay what he tells me when its done.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Tubb® Adaptive Target Rifle

davidtubb.com

Thanks! Nice looking rifle. Not sure I see $1200 worth of work to chamber a bbl for one, especially if the barrel extension is re-usable. Maybe there's something else that's less obvious but it looks like it'd be very similar to chambering an AR bbl without a port for the gas system. I can see it if making a one off of the bbl extension is required on top of the rest of the work, maybe.

 

[jackieschmidt]

That $1200 is a chambered barrel, barrel extension, etc all ready to install in your ATR receiver.

That sounds like a pretty good deal.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

That $1200 is a chambered barrel, barrel extension, etc all ready to install in your ATR receiver.

That sounds like a pretty good deal.

Ahh, yes, that makes a big difference. I thought we were talking labor alone. Still roughly a $400 bbl extension, though. I probably couldn't make a one off for much less. Hard to say without seeing it.
$400 bbl+ $400 chamber work...

Not knocking the man at all. Looks like a good system and from what I know, he's a sharp guy.

 

[jackieschmidt]

I just finished watching several videos.

”The most accurate Rifle I have ever shot” to quote David Tubb.

I’m not sure what market he is steering this toward, but that statement seems a little far reaching.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I just finished watching several videos.

”The most accurate Rifle I have ever shot” to quote David Tubb.

I’m not sure what market he is steering this toward, but that statement seems a little far reaching.

The coned lugs are at least an interesting approach. I can see it being somewhat beneficial, all the way around but not sure that they are worth that kinda statement either. If properly done and true, I think the std lug setups that are more commonplace are very good. True is true.

 

[jkohler]

I just finished watching several videos.

”The most accurate Rifle I have ever shot” to quote David Tubb.

I’m not sure what market he is steering this toward, but that statement seems a little far reaching.

Marketing at its finest

 

[LuvDog]

Barrel fitting is about $400 from what I saw recently for my last one I had done. Rarely any cheaper than 350-375. And usually more like $400-$475

 

[AlNyhus]

Good money paid for excellent barrel work and bedding is the best investment you can make in an accuracy rifle. When you get that level of quality, gladly pass over however much folding money is asked. Ditto for true BR level hand made bullets.

Remember to consider how the crown is done...an indicated crown is basically as much time as indicating for a chamber.

 

[jkohler]

I’ve always charged pretty much what a blank from the bigger name barrel makers would cost the customer.

 

[urbanrifleman]

I just finished watching several videos.

”The most accurate Rifle I have ever shot” to quote David Tubb.

I’m not sure what market he is steering this toward, but that statement seems a little far reaching.

I would suggest one should reserve comment until that person explores the design. It's not an improved Mauser. It's next level.

 

[Bronsin]

After seeing what you guys think is a reasonable price to have a barrel chambered, I'm not saying who my gunsmith is because he will get swamped, and I damn sure hope he never sees this thread!

 

[jackieschmidt]

I would suggest one should reserve comment until that person explores the design. It's not an improved Mauser. It's next level.

So David has never shot an honest Short Range or Long Range Benchrest Rifle?

I would have thought through his years involved in shooting he would have.

I will give him this. At least he didn’t say……”it shoots “Ones” all day long”

 

[DR_2297]

I am $300-$350 for a basic thread, chamber and crown on a profiled blank as long as it is a reamer and HS gauge set I have on hand and it is a 700 pattern, Barnard, T2K, etc. prices go up accordingly for complexity, threading, polishing, blah blah blah. Ppl tend to freak when I quote AR barrels from blanks. I tend to mostly barrel Palma, any and F class rifles.

I feel I am under the money based on hours spent but it isn’t my primary source of income so I am OK with it for now as it helps to support my shooting habit.

 

[LVLAaron]

…”it shoots “Ones” all day long”

but only "if he does his part"

 

[X Count]

I take like 14hrs to chamber a barrel so I'm never going to do it for anyone else! Might as well do a few hours at work

But seriously. To have all the equipment and do a proper job I think $300 is cheap compared to what your pay any other form of qualified trade. Your fooling yourself if you only count the cutting time on the lathe.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Comparing smith rates in different states/population densities and different income demographics and seeing different rates doesn't surprise me.